___ bran

The answer

OAT

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OAT answer page.

Used 40 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 17 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• RAISIN (3 uses in xd)
• HUSKS (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for OAT

Every other clue in this collection answered by OAT, most used first.

• Cereal grain - used 218 times, most recently in 2026
• Feedbag morsel - used 125 times, most recently in 2026
• Granola grain - used 117 times, most recently in 2026
• Granola bit - used 113 times, most recently in 2026
• Granola morsel - used 97 times, most recently in 2026
• Cheerios grain - used 83 times, most recently in 2026
• Bran source - used 74 times, most recently in 2022
• Feedbag tidbit - used 74 times, most recently in 2026
• Feedbag bit - used 70 times, most recently in 2026
• Muesli morsel - used 60 times, most recently in 2025
• Meal starter - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Cereal bit - used 34 times, most recently in 2024
• Bit in a horse's mouth? - used 31 times, most recently in 2026

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